Questions tagged [riddle]
This is NOT a general tag for all puzzles that are somehow indirect. A riddle gives indirect clues about an unnamed object or concept to be identified, often in a poem format.
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The God of War's Pairs
To Hephaestus, my father’s son,
My two bits, I’ll weigh in:
Do some tasks that I’d like done,
a couple prizes you may win.
The first pair you can find at Godsco
(members-only, if I’d be so precise).
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Sort this puzzle out
The answer is a single noun.
Built from parts:
(morphs into boast or seize) + (BIV BUTY)
As a whole:
could be young
could be treasure
could be field bound
It could be simpler than it sounds.
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When you're done - you'll have none
The answer is one word.
Complete clue:
against synthesis
Hint:
This is my own.
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Not Benny but close
The answer is a single word. Below are clues for the same:
colleague of chia
home to Oscar
means to open
of ancient origin
This is my own.
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Action / Counter-action riddle
The word is action
Its anagram - counter-action (to the action)
This is my own.
Additional details (added 11/12/25):
These actions belong to a political process.
Each word is both a noun and a verb.
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It's a seven letter word
It started with an argument
And ended with a fight
With a weapon no less
All over this tiny little thing?
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Hello helloʻha?
If you ignore me, I’m like a phone
My numbers are: 02, baby
My sound looks like a question mark
Please send my letter (or all six).
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I have an eye - but not a Cyclops...
I have an eye - but not a Cyclops
I can land - but got no gear
I toggle my gender every year
This is my own and expected to be easy.
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Where are they studying?
A riddle: where are they studying?
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women
and
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count up their letters with their friends
visit a table for some
elementary knowledge and prepare for college
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It might be some bars they laid
A classic rhyme riddle.
It might be some bars they laid,
It might be how food is made,
It might be what coppers do,
"What is it?", I ask of you.
Thanks to @msh210 and @Sciborg for ...
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Sweet and sour but also devoted what am I
My boss made this riddle.
I am devoted…. I am sweet…. Sometimes I am sour. I am like a punctuation. You all know me. We often clash.
Who, what or where am I?
I am very big, you can’t miss me. ...
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Garbage in, garbage out
I am an object that's collected garbage, but that's also carelessly distributed garbage. Those who produce me might regularly use me to collect their waste. What am I?
(Edited to reduce ambiguity.)
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If it goes down, it goes flying, and as soon as it reaches the ground, it dies.
Something that lives in the corner of the ceiling and never touches the floor.
If it goes down, it goes flying, and as soon as it reaches the ground, it dies.
The meaning is metaphorical.
This riddle ...
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A riddle like an Erysimum
I envelope the inside
Like a reversed hide
I can start anywhere
If I don't, notice there
The antagonist of bare
I used to bond by mare
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Touch that thing to keep me at rest or perish
I am not a person, animal, or real-life character. I am at rest, but I am not resting on table, or in bed, but I am resting in a sealed object. I am also not lying when resting. Melody is what keeps ...
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